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Brain, Behavior and Performance Unit
Description
The Brain, Behavior and Performance Unit (BBPU) has specialized infrastructure
and expertise in the performance of clinical research studies of the nervous
system. The BBPU provides collaboration, consultation or specific testing
covering neurologic, psychiatric and psychometric domains as well as training in
all of these areas. The facility also includes specialized testing for muscle
strength and function, quantified measures of movement, including gait,
performance-based measures of daily living activities and quality-of-life
measures. In addition, the BBPU will provide key infrastructure support for
these research studies, including common database collection, retrieval and
transfer of all research information, and technical personnel to implement these
measurements.
Services Available to ICTS Members
- Consultation for designing studies using BBPU
- Training for investigators, trainees and research coordinators
- Performance based measures of activities of daily living
- Neurologic evaluations including multiple standard rating scales of movement, mental status and mood
- Structured psychiatric interviews, limited
- Specialized testing for muscle strength and function
- Psychometric testing
- Quantified measures of movement, including gait
- Quality-of-life measures
- Key infrastructure support for research studies, including common database collection, retrieval and transfer of research information
- Consultations for collaborative studies